Samantha Chaney

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Samantha Chaney

State proposes design change to busy Lynnway In an effort to make the Lynnway safer and more accessible for pedestrians, the City of Lynn has partnered with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to redesign the busy roadway. "Unfortunately, it really doesn't matter how you're moving - there are real safety issues there," said Phillip Cherry, a senior project manager for the MBTA.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Samantha Chaney

Study says Boston is most expensive U.S. city to raise child A new report has ranked the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area as the most expensive city in the U.S. to raise a child. According to SmartAsset, the total annual cost of raising a kid in 2025 is $39,221, a price tag that may come as a shock to some, but not Daquan Thompson. "When my child was drinking formula, there was only one that didn't mess up his stomach and that was the most expensive one," Thompson said.

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Click here for updates on this story    LYNNFIELD, Massachusetts (WBZ) -- Some town workers in Lynnfield, Massachusetts have been put on leave after they were allegedly caught on video making racist remarks. It happened Friday as employees were setting up for the high school's graduation. A camera set up for a live stream of the ceremony caught audio of the comments as video showed workers unfolding chairs on the school's football field.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Samantha Chaney

Two swimmers are in critical condition after they were pulled from the water off of Plum Island Point in Massachusetts Sunday night. Newburyport Police and Fire said they responded to Plum Island Point and found two swimmers in distress shortly after 7 p.m. Two fishing boats were nearby and a fisherman from one boat brought one of the swimmers, who was unresponsive, to shore. The second swimmer was pulled into the other boat and brought to shore with help from the Coast Guard.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Samantha Chaney

International student accepted to Harvard worried family’s sacrifices will be wasted A Kenyan man accepted to Harvard University says his grandmother sacrificed everything to get him to Cambridge. "She said, 'You know what? You need it all,'" Magaga Enos told WBZ. "So, she went back and sold her two pieces of land." In addition to the land, she also sold cattle to help her grandson pursue his master's degree at the Graduate School of Education.